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The TrentonianFri, 09 Dec 2016 09:32:05 -050060It's no news that obesity is a serious national epidemic but it is news that obesity rates among young low-income children are starting to level off and even decrease in some states.

Two organizations focused on community health, Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently released new data visuals showing how obesity rates of 2-to-4-year-old WIC participants have changed since 2010.

]]>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 09:19:23 -0500201612090924562016-12-09T09:19:23-05:002016-12-09T09:24:56-05:00WASHINGTON >> Still grappling with Donald Trump's surprise election, the nation's business community has begun to pressure the president-elect to abandon campaign-trail pledges of mass deportation and other hardline immigration policies that some large employers fear would hurt the economy.

The push, led by an advocacy group backed by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is still in its infancy as the business world struggles to understand the tough-talking Trump's true intentions on an issue that defined his outsider campaign.

]]>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:14:12 -0500201612090814122016-12-09T08:14:12-05:002016-12-09T08:14:12-05:00DOYLESTOWN >> Police have charged a Pennsylvania man in connection with the fatal stabbing of his mother, who was found dead inside the Bucks County home they shared.

Zachary Cope was arraigned Thursday on charges of criminal homicide and possessing instruments of crime. The 30-year-old was ordered held without bail following the discovery of his mother, 52-year-old Rebecca Cope, at her Lower Makefield Township home earlier in the day.

]]>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:08:36 -0500201612090808362016-12-09T08:08:36-05:002016-12-09T08:08:36-05:00HAMILTON >> 'Tis the season to be jolly, especially for the homeless and needy.

As the temperature decreases and Christmas approaches, the Hamilton Township Democratic Club is encouraging people to donate coats, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters to a cause that will benefit the poor and less fortunate.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:17:32 -0500201612082217322016-12-08T22:17:32-05:002016-12-08T22:17:32-05:00LUMBERTON >> A Burlington County man flirted with underage girls online, solicited them for nude photos and offered to pay up to $1,000 to have sex with them, prosecutors alleged.

Jonathan C. Tyler, 25, of Lumberton, has been arrested this week and charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of children and one count of attempting to endanger the welfare of children.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:00:51 -0500201612082010482016-12-08T20:00:51-05:002016-12-08T20:10:48-05:00Hightstown >> It has been quite the week for Hightstown High swimmer Brynn Peterson.

The sophomore had a hand in four first-place finishes, including a new school record for the Rams on Thursday and completed the week with seven total wins.

Peterson broke her own mark in the 100 freestyle when she swam 1:01.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:03:35 -0500201612082003352016-12-08T20:03:35-05:002016-12-08T20:03:35-05:00President-elect Donald Trump's negotiated deal with the Carrier heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration company to keep hundreds of manufacturing jobs in Indiana, altering the company's prior plan to move those jobs to Mexico, may have been a brilliant political move, but it does not bode well for free markets and the principle of equal treatment under the law.]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:46:51 -0500201612081946512016-12-08T19:46:51-05:002016-12-08T19:46:51-05:00Clinton was attacked

Hillary Clinton lost the election because of the false vicious attacks she endured on the internet and Social Media. Folks used any means necessary to destroy her character and record for their gain and purpose. However, when the election was coming to an end folks joined forces with Hilary.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:46:50 -0500201612081946502016-12-08T19:46:50-05:002016-12-08T19:46:50-05:00As schools struggle to support an ice hockey team, it seems like co-ops have become the norm in not only the Colonial Valley Conference, but also the state.

Of the nine teams in the CVC, five are playing through a cooperative agreement.

Allentown is with Robbinsville, Hamilton with Nottingham, Camden Catholic is with Paul VI, Hightstown and Ewing are with Lawrence and over the summer West Windsor-Plainsboro's North and South merged.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:20:48 -0500201612081920482016-12-08T19:20:48-05:002016-12-08T19:20:48-05:00TRENTON >> Ten people have been charged in connection with a drug trafficking organization that officials say distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and surrounding areas.

Six of the defendants were arrested Thursday morning as part of a multi-agency raid that hit homes in Trenton and Pennsylvania.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:59:17 -0500201612081910472016-12-08T11:59:17-05:002016-12-08T19:10:47-05:00OXON HILL, Md. >> Boston's Dave Dombrowski walked up to Brian Cashman outside the room where the winter meeting draft was about to start Thursday and gave the Yankees general manager a slap on the back.

"You're so kind to stop by and say hello to us little guys," the New York general manager teased.

A day following a Trentonian story about an illustration titled "Always Give 100% at Work" on a whiteboard in Alexander Elementary School's teachers' lounge that shows the percentage spread out over the course of a work week, interim Superintendent Thomas Ficarra called the display an "embarrassment.

Shooting: A 17-year-old male was shot in both legs Wednesday night. Officials say police were sent to the hospital around 8:10 p.m. and spoke with the victim who didn't provide much information. The victim underwent surgery for non-life-threatening wounds, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting are still under investigation.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:43:40 -0500201612081643402016-12-08T16:43:40-05:002016-12-08T16:43:40-05:00WASHINGTON >> John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 astronauts was 95.

Glenn died at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, where he was hospitalized for more than a week, said Hank Wilson, communications director for the John Glenn School of Public Affairs.

]]>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:51:26 -0500201612081602452016-12-08T15:51:26-05:002016-12-08T16:02:45-05:00TRENTON >> A son-in-law with a checkered past is accused of using a shotgun to blast his father-in-law in the back of the head at close range in Ewing two months ago in a dispute that started over a piece of land in Stockton, N.J., prosecutors said.